Live Oak Cemetery

East portion reserved for graveyard, 1829; west part purchased City of Selma, 1877. <br><br> Here are buried: <br><br> William Rufus King, 1786-1853, Vice President of U.S. 1853. <br><br> John Tyler Morgan, 1824-1907, U.S. Senator, Brig. Gen. C.S.A. <br><br> Edmund Winston Pettus, 1821-1907, U.S. Senator, Brig. Gen. C.S.A. <br><br> Nathaniel H. R. Dawson, 1829-1895, U.S. Commissioner of Education. <br><br> William J. Hardee, 1815-1873, Lt. Gen. C.S.A., author &#8220;Hardee’s Tactics.&#8221; <br><br> Catesby ap Roger Jones, 1821-1877, Commander C.S.N., commanded Virginia (Merrimac) in battle with Monitor 1862. <br><br> Robert W. Barnwell, 1849-1902, Episcopal Bishop of Alabama.